Voice Contestant Left With Hole In Face From Venomous Spider Bite

Country singer Meghan Linsey is opening up about a venomous spider bite that opened up a hole in her face.

The former voice contestant woke up one morning at her home in Nashville, Tennessee with a stinging sensation on her face, only to discover a dying spider in her right hand. According to People.com, Linsey later found out the spider was a brown recluse, one of the deadliest spiders in North America. d

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She rushed to urgent care, and told People, “The swelling was the first thing, and then I ended up just having crazy, crazy symptoms. I had muscle spasms, then I had a body rash all over…Every day was another thing.”

The swelling, however, wasn’t the worst part, as Linsey explained on her Instagram. “I was supposed to be getting better, but I was getting worse – up until day nine, which is when the symptoms stopped happening and the necrosis started on my face,” she said.

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The skin surrounding Linsey’s bite began to rot and left what she describes as “a hole in her face.”

After consulting with a specialist in South Carolina, Linsey was recommended to do hyperbaric chamber treatment, which the singer has said has helped, but she still has a scar on her face.

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It is still uncertain whether or not Linsey will be stuck with a scar forever, but she admits she has changed her makeup routine accordingly.

“I’m one of those people that just throws it on and goes, but now I have to put three or more layers on this one area of my face,” she explains. “It’s kind of a pain at this point but, after going through everything I went through, I’m just glad to be alive.”

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